Combined weather-strip and threshold



(No Model.)

J. L. STEVENS. COMBINED WEATHER STRIP AND THRESHOLD.

No.-423,964. Patented Mar. 25, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. STEVENS, OF ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

COMBINED WEATHER-STRIP AND THRESHOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110,423,964, dated March 25, 1890.

Application filed August 5,1889. Serial No.3l9,841. (N0 model.)

.To 60% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES L. STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arkansas City, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Weather- Strips and Thresholds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are hereby made a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices which close the bottom of the door against drafts and dust by the act of shutting the door, and which adjust themselves out of the way when the door is open.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention applied to a door. Fig. 2 is a section through the right-hand or hinge side of the door-sill shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective of my improved threshold with the form ofhinge preferably employed. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspectives of details to be referred to.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A represents an ordinary door, 13 its casing, and 0 its sill.

D and G, Fig. 2, respectively represent the parts of my improved threshold, which is split in two longitudinally, the front portion D being hinged by hooks and eyes K L of suitable form, such as is shown in Fig. 3, so as to be readily removed from the sill. To the top of this piece is also secured a plate of metal E by screws, (shown at e (2.) This plate is bent over to forma tongue 7, which fits into the groove formed in the rear port-ion G of the threshold, as shown in Fig. 2.

H, Fig. 5, is a small metal fixture -secured to the corner of the door on its hinge side, provided with a wedge-shaped tongue at I,

Figs. 2 and 5, and serving to raise the threshold.

F, Fig. 4, 'is a strip of molding fastened across the door, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The operation of the device is as follows: hen the door is open, the plate E lies flat and presents the appearance of an ordinary carpet-strip, but on closing the door the fixture H engages with the edge of the plate (the part G of the threshold being cut away at the end to allow this) by means of the wedge part I and raises it to the position shown in Fig. I and by dotted lines in Fig. 2, thus bringing it to bear against the molding F and making a close joint. Should any dirt accumulate under the plate, it may be lifted and removed, when the dirt can be swept out and the plate replaced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United Stat-es, is

1. In a combined weather-strip and thresh* old, a metal plate E on a hinged threshold, provided with a tongue at f, and a stationary strip G, provided with a groove with which said tongue is adapted to register, substan tially as described.

2. An adjustable threshold consisting of an inner and an outer section, the outer section being hinged to the sill of the door and the inner section having a longitudinal groove therein, a plate secured to the said outer section and having a flange adapted to engage the groove in the inner section, in combination with a door having a molding thereon,

and a device for engaging the plate to bringit into engagement with the said molding.

JAMES L. STEVENS. 'Witnesses:

I. R. DEMING, D. D. PARRY. 

